{"id":15061,"date":"2024-01-04T16:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15061"},"modified":"2024-01-04T16:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:32:54","slug":"maternal-care-improves-in-guyana-decrease-in-maternal-deaths-noted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/maternal-care-improves-in-guyana-decrease-in-maternal-deaths-noted\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal Care Improves in Guyana: Decrease in Maternal Deaths Noted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, reported a positive trend in maternal care in Guyana, citing a reduction in maternal deaths from the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In 2023, fifteen maternal deaths were recorded, compared to seventeen in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Georgetown Public Hospital played a vital role in this improvement, recording ten maternal deaths this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital delivered 15 to 30 babies daily, with a total of 4,860 deliveries, including 1,569 caesarean section deliveries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Anthony attributed this progress to interventions such as waiting rooms at regional hospitals and the implementation of telemedicine in remote areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The waiting rooms provide pre- and post-delivery monitoring for patients from outlying areas, contributing to better service delivery for maternal care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony highlighted the positive impact of communication systems, including telemedicine, and the addition of theatres in remote communities for cesarean sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister noted that of the fifteen maternal deaths, one was incidental, not directly related to pregnancy, and two involved non-Guyanese individuals who faced complications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall reduction in maternal deaths showcases the effectiveness of ongoing efforts to enhance maternal care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the initiative to improve maternal care, sixteen waiting homes were established in remote areas, with two new additions in the current year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, reported a positive trend in maternal care in Guyana, citing a reduction in maternal deaths from the previous year. In 2023, fifteen maternal deaths&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15062,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15061\/revisions\/15062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}